Former The Traitors finalist Andrew Jenkins has revealed the power move the latest batch of Traitors should make after a cliffhanger ending to last week’s shows
A former finalist has shared the key moment he thinks this year’s Traitors will be able to buy themselves more time – and throw another contestant under the bus. As the hit BBC contest passed the midway stage, season two star Andrew Jenkins believes a cliffhanger moment provided Traitors Rachel and Stephen with the perfect opportunity to progress.
Andrew, who was pipped to the jackpot at the final hurdle in his series says the pair could make an effective but brutal move in a bid to save their own skin. It comes after viewers watched Matthew try to strike a deal with the pair.
Andrew told us: “When it comes to bringing someone in and recruiting them, you have to use them as a sacrificial lamb.” And this is exactly what he thinks will happen to Matthew as he tried to strike a future allegiance with the Traitors.
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“As we saw with the cliffhanger of the last episode, I think they should recruit so they are able to throw someone under the bus to take the heat off them for a while. It will buy them more time. It’s very brutal.”
Speaking of his own experience, Andrew admits that while he didn’t go into the castle with a game plan there was one regret he held – not plotting against Harry soon.
“I should have started plotting against Harry sooner and talking to other people in the castle, like Molly,” he explained. “Molly was 50/50 with Harry and I. At the end, she even wrote his name down. I got on really well with her in there; she called me dad. She was only 21, just a young kid at the end of the day, and she was lovely.
“I think if I’d have spoken to Molly a few days before, I feel I could have swayed her to go for Harry… It’s hard to guess how different it would’ve been, but I’d have definitely started planting seeds earlier.”
He admitted he had initially “planned to get friendly with everyone” and attempt to go under the radar. However, just as he was ready to make his move, his options were scuppered. “Towards the end, I was going to make my move as I did,” he said.
“But then Ross messed up my chances at the roundtable. That’s what my fellow contestants told me; they all said they didn’t really suspect me until Ross went mad at the roundtable and changed his vote to me. They were thinking, ‘Why did he go mad?’ and there was a whole argument about me using the word ‘elusive’.
“Up until that point, I was plotting against Harry, and then I was going to talk to Molly. I got on really well with Molly and Jazz. But then Ross ruined my chances. He cost me £95,000, really, but I’m not bitter about it at all.”
Andrew also shared the biggest two surprises he found when joining the show as he reiterate the show is completely unscripted despite constant speculation from some viewers.
“I like the fact that everything you see on television is real,” he confessed. “Nothing is scripted. They don’t tell you what to do, what to say, so it’s real. People always ask me if it’s scripted and if they tell you what to say. No, they don’t. They obviously edit the finished version, so it looks good on TV, but it’s all real.
“[I was surprised at] how big the production is; it’s absolutely massive. How many cameramen, sound people, runners, the production is huge, and there are so many people working behind the scenes.
They work silly hours, and they work so, so hard. They’re away from their families for months and months on end. As soon as I was finished with my series, the American traitors started in the same place a week later, and they were coming back for it.
“They only had a week’s break, and then they were back in the castle for another 7 to 8 weeks. I’ve got so much respect for the people who work on the production. They work so hard.”
Andrew was speaking to the Mirror on behalf of Buzz Bingo.
Source: Mirror
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